Sat 4 Sep 2010
Swing set or no swing set…that is the question
Posted by Alicia under Only Child Parenting, Ramblings
[2] Comments
So we spend mucho $$ on a swing set. My thought was, he’s an only child, he will have hours of fun playing on his wonderful new swing set. Guess what? He only plays on it when he has friends over or mom & dad are outside. He has great fun with his friends. The playhouse is great for pretending to have a lemonade stand, etc… Maybe he will spend more time on it by himself as he gets older. I will tell you one thing – if I had it to do over, I wouldn’t have bought it. I can take him to the park if he wants to play with friends or with me. Funny, hindsight is still 20/20. : )
September 5th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Well we always lived across the street from a playground so I never even thought about buying a set for our garden . I did buy a trampoline though. The playground was a good opportunity for both of us to get out and meet people, and although I never made good friends there my daughter did
September 5th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
I think I would like to buy a trampoline eventually. It would have to be one big enough for me too though! I guess it didn’t occur to me that he could make friends at a playground too. Thanks for your thoughts – I appreciate reading them! : )